Henrique Rocha and Alessandro Pecci will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Trieste Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Henrique Rocha who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Henrique Rocha is the pick to win this match.
Henrique Rocha -> 1.363
Alessandro Pecci -> 2.96

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Prediction and head to head Henrique Rocha vs. Alessandro Pecci

There is no head to head record between Henrique Rocha and Alessandro Pecci since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Henrique Rocha

Ranked no. 187, Rocha got to the 2^nd round after defeating Andrea Guerrieri 7-5 3-6 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Henrique defeated Guerrieri (7-5 3-6 6-3).During the match, Rocha scored less points (2) than Guerrieri. In fact, the world no. 187 won 90 points vs Guerrieri’s. That means that Rocha was more focused during the important points. The Portuguese was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Regarding the service games, Rocha recorded 5 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Overall, Henrique Rocha was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 71% (30/42) of his 1st serve and 56% (28/50) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Henrique broke Guerrieri 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Rocha has a winning match record in the last 5 years having won 59% of his matches (107-74). 13-9 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Rocha has an overall41-37 record in the last 5 years on clay.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Murcia Challenger where he beat Nikoloz Basilashvili in the final 3-6 7-6(0) 7-5.

Henrique has an aggregate 21-17 win-loss record in 2024, 13-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Trieste Challenger

Rocha has never competed in this tournament before.

Alessandro Pecci

Ranked no. 681, the Italian reached the 2^nd round after defeating Moez Echargui 3-6 6-4 6-4, Mathias Bourgue 7-6(6) 6-4, Benoit Paire 6-2 4-6 7-6(4) and Henrique Rocha .

In the 1^st round, Alessandro defeated Paire (6-2 4-6 7-6⁴). During the match Pecci scored 100 points vs Paire’s 88. The Italian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about serving, Pecci made 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alessandro Pecci lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Pecci put 56% of his first serves in, winning 69% (36/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (25/41) on the 2nd serve. Alessandro broke Paire 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Alessandro’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Cervia.

Pecci has an aggregate 26-15 win-loss record in 2024, 21-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Rocha	Pecci
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	3	8
Tot Games	30	83
Pts	90-92	284-260
Total Points	182	544
Winners	30	112
%Winners	33%	39%

Rocha played 1 match while Pecci competed in 3 matches. Pecci started his run from the qualifications while Rocha had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Henrique Rocha surrendered 1 set, while Alessandro Pecci dropped 2 sets. Rocha has played 5 set(s) less than Pecci (3 vs 8). Therefore, Rocha played 53 games less than Pecci. Henrique scored 30 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian recorded 112 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Rocha	Pecci
Aces	5	20
Avg per match	5	6.7
1st in	42/92	162/269
%1st in	46%	60%
1st pts	30/42	112/162
%1st pts	71%	69%
2nd pts	28/50	57/107
%2nd pts	56%	53%

Rocha fired 5 aces . Pecci managed to score 20 aces (6.7 per match). Rocha won 71% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Pecci won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Rocha	Pecci
Won	3	10
Converted	3/9	10/23
% Converted	33%	43%
Conceded	7	26
Saved	5	18
% Saved	71%	69%
Times Broken	2	8

The Portuguese broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Henrique dropped his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Pecci broke his opponents 10 times with a 43% conversion rate. Pecci conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.

Rocha
	R1 Guerrieri	Total
Score	7-5 3-6 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	30	30
pts	90-92	90-92
Total points	182	182
Winners	30	30
%Winners	33%	33%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	7	7
1st in	42/92	42/92
% 1st in	46%	46%
1st pts	30/42	30/42
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	28/50	28/50
% 2nd pts	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/9	3/9
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	5/7	5
Saved %	71%	71%
Times Broken	2	2

Pecci
	Q1 Echargui	Q3 Bourgue	R1 Paire	Total
Score	3-6 6-4 6-4	7-66 6-4	6-2 4-6 7-64
Tot Set	3	2	3	8
Tot Games	29	23	31	83
pts	101-99	83-73	100-88	284-260
Total points	200	156	188	544
Winners	42	34	36	112
%Winners	42%	41%	36%	39%
SERVE
Aces	10	5	5	20
Double Faults	4	2	3	9
1st in	61/101	49/75	52/93	162/269
% 1st in	60%	65%	56%	60%
1st pts	42/61	34/49	36/52	112/162
% 1st pts	69%	69%	69%	69%
2nd pts	18/40	14/26	25/41	57/107
% 2nd pts	45%	54%	61%	53%
Breaks
Won	3	3	4	10
Converted	3/8	3/5	4/10	10/23
Converted %	38%	60%	40%	43%
Conceded	14	7	5	26
Saved	11/14	5/7	2/5	18
Saved %	79%	71%	40%	190%
Times Broken	3	2	3	8

Tennis Scores in Trieste Challenger

• Alessandro PecciPecci – Benoit PairePaire (6-2 4-6 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Henrique RochaRocha – Andrea GuerrieriGuerrieri (7-5 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Adrian AndreevAndreev – Svyatoslav GulinGulin (4-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (6-4 3-6 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (3-6 7-5 ret.) – See score progression
• Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – Francesco PassaroPassaro (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Dusan ObradovicObradovic – Jaime FariaFaria (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Zsombor PirosPiros (6-3 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Carlos Lopez MontagudLopez Montagud (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Gonzalo BuenoBueno – Lorenzo CarboniCarboni (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Vilius GaubasGaubas – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (7-6⁸ 7-6³) – See score progression
• Titouan DroguetDroguet – Giovanni FonioFonio (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Samuel Vincent RuggeriVincent Ruggeri – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (7-6³ 7-6⁴) – See score progression

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• Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Titouan DroguetDroguet – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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